I do not want to die rusting, I prefer to burn out.

If you're not prepared to be wrong, you'll never come up with anything original.

You are not here merely to make a living. You are here in order to enable the world to live more amply, with greater vision, with a finer spirit of hope and achievement. You are here to enrich the world, and to impoverish yourself if you forget the errand.

A lot of people have gone further than they thought they could because someone else thought they could

Perseverance is failing 19 times and succeeding the 20th.

The fishermen know that the sea is dangerous and the storm terrible, but they have never found these dangers sufficient reason for remaining ashore.

You can't learn in school what the world is going to do next year.

Nothing great was ever achieved without enthusiasm.

Whether you think you can, or you think you can't - you're right.

Never tell all you know-not even to the person you know best.

Things may come to those who wait but only the things left by those who hustle.

It's always too early to quit.

Imagination will often carry us to worlds that never were, but without it we go nowhere.

You have power over your mind - not outside events. Realize this, and you will find strength.

Years from now, after I'm gone, someone will listen to what I've done and know I was here. They may not know or care who I was, but they'll hear my guitars speaking for me.

The person who takes no chances generally has to take whatever is left when others are through choosing.

Never look back unless you are planning to go that way.

Ideas come from everything

Never trust the advice of a man in difficulties.

Though the road's been rocky it sure feels good to me.

I'll try anything once, twice if I like it, three times to make sure.